"Oh, Guochao Zhiduoxing!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Then you tell me!"

"Since the country is about to open the sea..." Li Jinglong pondered, "Can many routes be auctioned? Those with higher prices get it?"

Suddenly, the ears of civil and military officials stood up.

"Auction route?" Zhu Yunxiu was also slightly surprised.

"For example, in my opinion, the routes to Japan and the routes to Chameng every year can be obtained by the higher price!" Li Jinglong continued, "In addition to the routes, there are also monopoly rights for various outputs!"

"For example, tea, I heard that there are blond and blue-eyed Rakshasa people who come from the Celestial Empire to buy tea, and Semi people have also come from the sea for silk! It is said that the tea from the Celestial Empire is not valuable in the Central Plains, but it is more valuable than gold on their side!"

Li Jinglong talked about the money and said, "Since this is the case, you can set a reserve price for the monopoly of tea, cloth or porcelain. For example, millions of cash in a year, and then auctioned to the merchants participating in the bidding. After they get the monopoly of the power, they will implement a monopoly of a certain place within five years!"

Zhu Yunxiu listened, his eyes gradually lowered.

Li Jinglong continued, "Of course, they still have to pay taxes if they have monopoly rights! In this way, the imperial court's tax revenue will not be lost, but the money they buy every year is also more money! My Ming Dynasty is vast and the auction rights of these properties sold overseas are astronomical!"

"You're saying it well!" Zhang Feng said, "Will the businessmen?"

"Of course they are willing!" Li Jinglong smiled, "Zhang Butang didn't know that the tea transaction in Shanxi last year was as high as 1.26 million yuan!" As he said, he smiled again, "This is not just for sale to the grassland, but for those businesses, they used camel caravans to cross the grassland and go directly to the farther place!"

"Last year, the tea trade in Goryeo also had a quota of nearly 800,000 yuan. The caravans went to Tumen River to sea and could directly reach the borders of the Rakshasa people..."

"So there are so many?" Zhang Feng pretended to be surprised.

Li Jinglong smiled and said, "I'll talk about it less!"

"Your Majesty, I'm asking to govern the Shanxi Dusi, and the Goryeo camp was a serious crime of corruption!" Xin Yande, who had been silent, immediately stood up and said, "The trade volume mentioned by Duke Cao has never been seen in the account book of the Ministry of Revenue!"

Zhang Feng also sneered, "Your Majesty, I want to check the accounts!"

"Where is the Great Ming Dynasty in Shanxi?" Yan Zhen, the chief censor, followed closely and said, "And there is still a matter of going to sea in this kind of border trade, so the center does not know anything about it?"

Hou Yong, the Minister of Personnel, had a ferocious face, "Where is the money?"

Ru Wei, the Minister of War, also said, "Who will give them the courage without the Ministry of War's order?"

"Fuck!" Li Jinglong suddenly realized, "I'm talking about bald!"

Zhu Yunxiu glanced at him and subconsciously rubbed his temples.

Of course, the money was distributed to the nobles of each family and the emperor!

Most of the camel caravans that go out to sea in Goryeo and across borders in Shanxi are caravans under Guanglu Temple...

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"I'll talk about this later!" Zhu Yunxiu said, "I'm talking about sea routes and various monopoly. What do you think?"

"Absolutely not possible!" Zhang Ju said coldly, "Your Majesty, if you are like Duke Cao, my Ming Dynasty treasury can indeed accumulate huge wealth in a short period of time. That is not a few million, but tens of millions..."

Li Jinglong hurriedly said, "I didn't say that the proceeds from the monopoly rights will be returned to the national treasury..."

Zhang Feng's eyes widened, "Where will it be? If the money from the Ming Dynasty does not belong to the Ming Dynasty, who will it be given to..."

Li Jinglong was speechless and said in his heart, "Of course it's for the emperor!"

"But if this continues, how is it different from killing a chicken to get eggs?" Zhang Jue continued, "Businessmen spend a lot of money to buy monopoly rights, which will inevitably raise prices on the one hand and squeeze the people on the other hand!"

"Take silk as an example! At that time, it will be sold at a high price and bought at a low price...even because they have the right to sell it! When will it be collected and how much will it cost to collect it? In this way, how much profit can silk farmers get after working hard for a year?"

"Tea involves tea farmers, porcelain involves craftsmen... Our dynasty and people have been resting for more than 30 years to achieve today's prosperous times! The so-called all industries should be taken as they are natural and you must not do anything that can be monopolized!"

"Besides, the monopoly rights last for several years. Within a few years, the merchants earn a lot of money... Even if the auction is due, who can be richer than them?"

As he said that, Zhang Feng turned his eyes again and looked at Li Jinglong and others, "Besides, ordinary businessmen are not qualified to participate in the auction, right? It must be a collusion between officials and businessmen!"

~

After all, it was an old minister. With this insight, Li Zhigang’s dream of the Minister of Revenue will probably be just an idiot!

"What I said is very true!"

Zhu Yunxiu slowly spoke, "I value business, not because I value business, but because business is a strategy to strengthen the country and enrich the people!"

"The monopoly is not feasible!" Zhu Yunxiu waved his hand and continued, "The so-called economy must have its own business. Those who are capable make more money, and those who are diligent have a foothold. If you only hold the hands of several people, what will it be?"

"I am stupid. Please forgive me for my words!" Li Jinglong hurriedly bowed, "I just feel that you are a little reluctant to pay money from the inner treasury when fighting a war!"

"The inner treasury is also the national treasury!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "I am the country, and the country is me, why should I distinguish it so clearly? It's decided that the four million military expenditure is short of out of my private treasury!"

As he said, his fingers hit the table, "What are the sea auctions? All the items of property sales, don't mention them again!"

The next second, the conversation changed, "But..."

The ministers immediately raised their ears and listened carefully, for fear of missing a word.

"Duke Cao just said that the opening of the sea is about to open, and the issue of the route is indeed a problem!" Zhu Yunxiu said again, "Since it is going to sea for trade and taxation, the court must strictly control it. It is impossible for any fleet to go to sea if it wants to go to sea, right?"

"I said, why did Li Jinglong talk so much today? I am in love with the son and the double act with this?"

Before others understood, Zhu Gaochi had guessed it.

"What the emperor said is that opening the sea does not mean that merchant ships can go out to sea at will!" Li Jinglong immediately said, "Merchant ships go out to sea, and the docks are built by the court! There may be pirates along the way, and I need to escort the Ming Navy. Moreover, opening the sea not only goes out to sea, but also comes back. They cannot have empty ships in this round and round. Wherever they pass along the way, they also need supplies. If they go to Goryeo and Burmese, those places are captured by the court, and they cannot be given free... "

As he said that, he looked up and smiled, "So, I think we should make a detailed identification!"

"Search to a hair!"

Zhu Gaochi thought to himself, "Don't you still want to collect money?"

"How to identify it?" Li Jinglong smiled again, "First of all, the imperial court will give the fleet the tickets to go to sea... The tickets can be divided into grades. For example, if you go to Burmese, you can only go to Burmese, how much does it cost in a year!"

"If you want to go further, you will pay more money... In addition, the size and load of the fleet must be carefully classified! Each ship charges a tax based on the price of the goods it carries..."

"After entering my Daming Customs, we must strictly check to ensure that there is no smuggling... They stopped at my Daming Port, and they cannot stop for nothing. How big is the ship to pay..."

When it comes to these things, Li Jinglong came out of his mouth.

I have said a lot, but it’s just a core idea, tax collection!

"Yeah!" Zhu Yunxiu nodded, "It's true, it's taken from the people and used for the people! After all, the port was built by my Ming Dynasty's manpower and material resources, and the route was also opened by my Ming Navy..."

"Are you shameless?" Zhu Gaochi cursed in his heart, "Did he not pay the tariff? He has to pay the tax on the sea after paying the tariff! He has to pay the tax on the sea when he comes back, and then he has to collect taxes, and then park in the port and ask for money... Then, he has to ask for the quota for going to sea, and he also wants money! What's your mind about money?"

"emperor!"
Chapter completed!